Hi
I'm looking for an app that autostart my Deskclock app when i connect my desire to usb especially when i put it into my dock!
is there a possible solution for this?
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does no one know of an app that can change a profile or do a Dock connect when i plug in the power ?
I'll bump this, too.
This is something I've wanted for a while, too. I did a quick search on Cyrket and all I see are low rated apps that somehow need location & internet permissions, etc...No thanks. Not for a desk clock when I plug the phone in. Anybody else solve this yet?
one thing it should support the mcr r5 froyo sense rom
download setting profiles. It can tell between ac power and usb power. So in my dock it launches the desk clock, and in the car it launches the navipanel
I personally use "Tasker" (available in the Market), and it is SUPERB! It's a configurator/tweakers dream. So many possible combinations for what you may want, and the UI is great once you get the hang of each of the elements (read the help first!!).
It's about $3-4, but WELL worth it. You'll probably end up finding so many other ways to have your Android manage its self without any interaction by you (Tasker is basically a much cheaper, more powerful app like Locale).
Hope that helps!
for such tasks i'm using the app 'locale' incl. plugins. i've never found any better solution to control your device ...
gReg0r said:
for such tasks i'm using the app 'locale' incl. plugins. i've never found any better solution to control your device ...
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the problem with locale is that it costs 10$ dollar and most of the plugins cost too
thanks for the apps i'll try them out
There is such an app for free floating around this forum. Don't ask me where it is 'cause i can't remember but a few moths ago somebody was asking about this and somebody wrote and app that put the phone into clock mode when it was docked, and it came with an app icon that turned the functionality on and off.
I downloaded it and it worked perfectly.
Hunt around here 'cause it was definately in the apps section of the desire forum!!
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Hi,
After searching for days i'm giving up. Please help ?
What i want:
I wanna have a notification icon in the taskbar, just like the BT-icon:
"if GPS is active then show GPS-icon".
I understand that the trick is to monitor the use of the GPS Intermediate Driver. Who can and will help?
Thnx!
I hate to kick this, but please, can anyone of the developers enlighten me?
I'm gonna join the bandwagon for this, I would also like this feature.
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I'm gonna join the bandwagon for this, I would also like this feature.
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Thnx! I hope more will join us, and more will dive in to this to actually get a solution
That's one of the things I'm missing!
Or maybe flash the notification light swiftly 3 times every 10 seconds to symbolize GPS activity.. My previous phone had such led and it was great to actually be able to see what's happening, or that what should happen actually does happen.
I still want this! Is there any developer....?
I want it to
I found it here. It worked on my Topaz but it would be nice if the icon is a satelite instead of just a red/yellow/green dots
I have contacted the author and hope he responds
Hello everyone.
I too needed an application like this and since I had no luck finding one on the market, I decided to write the app myself. You can find on the market by the name GPS Monitor Free by Illyrium. What the app does - it activates itself as soon as GPS is in use and deactivates when GPS is no longer in use. While GPS is in use, the app shows a notification icon with the satellites in view. For the moment this is all that the app does, but I am working to add some other features to it.
The app is free for the moment - and will be free (even the pro version) for everyone that helps me by sending me bugs/features.
If you have any ideas, you are more than welcome to pass them to me an I will try to implement them as soon as possible.
Cheers,
Adrian
dragonro said:
Hello everyone.
I too needed an application like this and since I had no luck finding one on the market, I decided to write the app myself. You can find on the market by the name GPS Monitor Free by Illyrium. What the app does - it activates itself as soon as GPS is in use and deactivates when GPS is no longer in use. While GPS is in use, the app shows a notification icon with the satellites in view. For the moment this is all that the app does, but I am working to add some other features to it.
The app is free for the moment - and will be free (even the pro version) for everyone that helps me by sending me bugs/features.
If you have any ideas, you are more than welcome to pass them to me an I will try to implement them as soon as possible.
Cheers,
Adrian
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Hello dragonro! I would love to try your app but i can't find it on the market. I've tryed different key words, different countries but no joy. I've searched on OpenMarket but i didn't found it there either... Where is it?
b12rtc said:
Hello dragonro! I would love to try your app but i can't find it on the market. I've tryed different key words, different countries but no joy. I've searched on OpenMarket but i didn't found it there either... Where is it?
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I found it but it's for Android. I just wondered why dragonro post it here
Is anyone using Locale App on their Nexus One, does all the functionality work reliably, eg, via location and time.
As it's a paid app now, would be nice to know if it is 100% compatible.
Or are there any other similar apps which you can recommend which are free?
Thanks
I stopped using locale when it started to get more and more broken with each new release. Some of the older versions worked really well but basically it chomps more and more ram until android has to kill it for any new app at which point it'll try and restart and then start sending messages out (eg tweets) for locations. Gets very irritating to have your twitter stream updated every few minutes to say exactly the same thing.
It's also a huge shame that they went pay on this app especially with all the flaws it has now.
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I stopped using locale when it started to get more and more broken with each new release. Some of the older versions worked really well but basically it chomps more and more ram until android has to kill it for any new app at which point it'll try and restart and then start sending messages out (eg tweets) for locations. Gets very irritating to have your twitter stream updated every few minutes to say exactly the same thing.
It's also a huge shame that they went pay on this app especially with all the flaws it has now.
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So what do you use instead?
There is nothing to use instead. At least, to my knowledge. That said, Locale is still garbage and it is ridiculous they expect $10 for it. They should make sure it works before asking for any monetary amount, be it $1 or $10. For that reason, I will hold onto my money until another developer creates a similar, working application.
I have it and it works absolutely fine.
I managed to get the VERY latest version before they made it a paid app
I'm using it on my phone and haven't had any issues. I'm using the free version. One suggestion the developer gave me was when I set it to do something based on my location is to make the blue circle around the location really big. like 3 times bigger than I would normally expect it to need.
since doing this, all my locations work perfectly.
also, i use it at night (time situation) to turn off the volume, turn down the screen brightness and reduce the number of seconds for screen timeout. haven't had any issues with that either.
Amdathlonuk said:
I have it and it works absolutely fine.
I managed to get the VERY latest version before they made it a paid app
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What version number is that?
tasker could be a alternative for locale
I;ve bought the app, and was pretty dissapointed.
It does what it says it does, BUT very slow
I've set Home and Work on specific locations, and a default for when i'm gone.
The app changes sound/wifi/bt, but when i'm approx 10-15km away from home. It's very slow, especially if you don't have GPS on.
Also, it activates WiFi everytime when you start using your phone to check for local wifi networks to determine the location.
All this was pretty emtying my battery
Works most of the time for me.
Be careful when you add a new spot...Don't change the radius and coordinates too much. (I tweaked my location for accuracy a couple of times and it never applied my settings)
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So how do I download tasker ? a search in the marketplace for "tasker" yeilds nothing? Thanks in advance.
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So, the chumby service shutdown recently. It was great for us b/c we had a screen in the kitchen rotating through weather, google calendar agenda for that day, and other useful day to day information. Now it is gone. I would like to setup my Nex7 to do this. I've googled around for something like this, but no luck.
All it has to do is activate a different app from a list of selected apps and then 30s activate the next app in the list.
I'm sure this could be accomplished with an automation app such as tasker/automatit/llama. If that is what it takes I'll go down that path, but I'm hoping something already exists.
Thanks
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So, the chumby service shutdown recently. It was great for us b/c we had a screen in the kitchen rotating through weather, google calendar agenda for that day, and other useful day to day information. Now it is gone. I would like to setup my Nex7 to do this. I've googled around for something like this, but no luck.
All it has to do is activate a different app from a list of selected apps and then 30s activate the next app in the list.
I'm sure this could be accomplished with an automation app such as tasker/automatit/llama. If that is what it takes I'll go down that path, but I'm hoping something already exists.
Thanks
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I have never heard of chumby but I bet that is possible. I can't find any know app that do that and a tasker sounds like a possibility. maybe you could look through the forums to see if someone has made that but hasn't put it on the play store.
Has anyone seen this before or more importantly tried it on these head units?
Looks really good
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autolauncher.motorcar
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Has anyone seen this before or more importantly tried it on these head units?
Looks really good
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Thanks for removing bad link.
No one?....I might bite the bullet and buy it.
I'm assuming if no good i can just uninstall
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No one?....I might bite the bullet and buy it.
I'm assuming if no good i can just uninstall
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There is a trial version of it. Just look at the devs other apps.
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There is a trial version of it. Just look at the devs other apps.
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I installed it yesterday to give it a go. Really nice clean interface, im liking it a lot.
Some benefits.
Simple interface, clean...Shows speed and time and shortcuts to some apps (I only use music, digital radio and spotify so this is perfect for me)
Installs as an App and you can start it from shortcut, once happy you can have it start automatically on boot as your default launcher.
Has in built screen dimming which works (All other auto dimmers have never worked for me)
3 different launcher themes, im using the one in the photo.
Easy to remove if not happy
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I installed it yesterday to give it a go. Really nice clean interface, im liking it a lot.
Some benefits.
Simple interface, clean...Shows speed and time and shortcuts to some apps (I only use music, digital radio and spotify so this is perfect for me)
Installs as an App and you can start it from shortcut, once happy you can have it start automatically on boot as your default launcher.
Has in built screen dimming which works (All other auto dimmers have never worked for me)
3 different launcher themes, im using the one in the photo.
Easy to remove if not happy
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Does it work with your hard buttons?
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Does it work with your hard buttons?
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Yes all hard buttons function the same, Back exits apps and Home takes you back to desktop.
Really its just a choice of 3 new launchers in an App rather than playing around with system files
This looks really clean!
I gave it a shot on mine. Looks really nice. I wish the app buttons were a bit larger though. Looks much more like a OEM type interface.
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I gave it a shot on mine. Looks really nice. I wish the app buttons were a bit larger though. Looks much more like a OEM type interface.
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Ye thats what i thought, looks similar to WinCE radio launchers
One thing i found to be a pain was that android by default, launches apps you had previously running (Which includes this Launcher)
So its already loaded when your device boots up, but as you open up your music, the Self boot of the app kicks in as well and you go back to desktop.
Im sure easy to get over somehow
So you have it set to autoplay off usb? Mine was playing the music as soon as it booted. If you disable the autoplay it doesn't launch the music app on startup.
I have it and love it! Originally downloaded it because it uses power amp as the default music player, I downloaded pro because with pro I can make it as my default home screen launcher. I've been very pleased with the results so far. And I've been running its for about a month.
Does it help with the ridiculous connectivity issues that I experience with AA? (i.e is it more reliable?)
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Does it help with the ridiculous connectivity issues that I experience with AA? (i.e is it more reliable?)
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Yes, a 1 device solution is generally always more reliable than a 2 device.
I'm a bit confused by this app. Can someone help please? I bought a car with AndroidAuto built in and I made the assumption (probably wrongly) that this is a replacement launcher for my car dash. But - I'm not sure how to get it to mirror into my vehicle. Do I need AA installed, or do I use Mirror Link? Confused!
Hard Buttons
How did you connect the head unit to your hard button controls?
How to add activity shortcuts to Car Launcher app?
How to deactivate speed in statusbar?
I used the Trial for about 5 minutes before I purchased the full version. This is exactly what I needed Now, Unfortunately im going to have to purchase poweramp i think
Using it for a few weeks now. Very happy with it.
Just bought Yota3 from ebay but it isn't working the way i thought it is. I thought it was going to work just like Yota2. Now i can't install any apps on to eink screen.
i don't think mirroring feature is in yota 3
bad news.
I expected the way of working like Yotaphone 2
Could you please tell me exactly how mirroring works on Yota3? On yotaphone 2 I can use epd just like color. How about yota3?
Akapol015 said:
Just bought Yota3 from ebay but it isn't working the way i thought it is. I thought it was going to work just like Yota2. Now i can't install any apps on to eink screen.
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I am a Chinese Yota3 user.
Yota brand was bought by a Chinese company, which turned out to be a disaster. You need some tricks to make yota3 easy to use.
There is still mirror mode, but need some effort to turn on.
Download a app named More shortcuts, long press at desktop to open widgets, add more shortcuts.
Choose Activity - Factory test - Mirror activity.
Then there will be a shortcuts added for mirror mode.
In this mode, only Back Button can be used. You may need a gusture app to help. (Like assistive Touch in iphone）
Or You can use Direct app mode (newly introduced in yotaphone3) to launch an app on eink. (talk later)
（btw, how can I post a screenshot here)
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I am a Chinese Yota3 user.
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Then there will be a shortcuts added for mirror mode.
In this mode, only Back Button can be used. You may need a gusture app to help. (Like assistive Touch in iphone）
Or You can use Direct app mode (newly introduced in yotaphone3) to launch an app on eink. (talk later)
（btw, how can I post a screenshot here)
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As a new user of Yota3, I'm really interested by the "Direct app mode" and the shortcuts... I missed these function. Yotaphone 2 with the mirror mode was much more easy to use
tymeo said:
As a new user of Yota3, I'm really interested by the "Direct app mode" and the shortcuts... I missed these function. Yotaphone 2 with the mirror mode was much more easy to use
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In OTA updates after Feb. there are several app shortcuts added to Discover page on EDP which can help to launch them on EDP if already installed in color screen. This is called Direct app mode. But you cannot customize the app shortcuts on Discover page (stupid).
The shortcuts launch by package name.
Here is how we go. Change any launcher's (or any other app you'd like) package name to any of the shortcuts on Dicover page. Install to color screen. Launch it on eink Discover page.
I have a modified eink launcher at hand. But dont know how to upload.
* ATTENTION If you OTA update to Dec version or later (included Feb version) battery usage will increase a lot. And newly added apps/functions are mostly for Chinese user. You can only send back to factory in China if you wanna go back to ealier version. COZ no root yet.
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I have a modified eink launcher at hand. But dont know how to upload.
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Thanks for your answer. For now, I didn't updated the phone, it's still on Y3SCN06A1000MPX1712021 Rom.
You can send attachments with your posts (if the app is not too big) with the "clip" icon , near the smiley icon, when writing a message.
Another question: do you know how if the latest firmware upgrade add some changes to the screen timeout time? With my firmware, I can only set maximum 30 min: when I choose "Screen always on"" (Settings-Display- Sleep-"Screen always On"), it doesn't work. This may help when using Mirror mode, otherwise after 30 minutes, it will quit this mode if you don't touch the screen (I use the mirror mode with GPS app).
I tried the method suggested by awayu using Activity Launcher app, but couldn't quite get it to work.
But I went to Baidu in a hope to find more info on this on Chinese forums and found this one:
tieba.baidu.com/p/5587584209
It offers to download and install apk that impersonates Hinhua News (新华社 - top leftmost on Discovery screen) and provides up app launcher on e-ink screen instead.
So I've bitten the bullet and installed this apk and seems to be working.
In a way this is even better solution as it gives you menu of apps to launch, but at the cost of installing random apk. It was a bit re-assuring that it doesn't seem to require any permissions.
I'm not affiliated with the author of the post at baidu, use at your own risk!
Alternative way of mirror mode
Specially thanks to awayu who sent me this modified E-ink launcher app which really works. Under the command of this launcher users can have good control of the apps on the front screen when using EPD. For instance I can even turn on mobile network under the reading mode (long press the power bottom to switch) so I can have access to any phone calls when reading. After installing this app I am pretty much happy about Yota 3 now.
English google play stops working
It just can't be opened. I reset several times but same issue. What to do ???
Try to avoid using the preinstalled "AppStore"
Perform factory reset to get back to the "clean state". Disable the preinstalled AppStore (or freeze it) to prevent it from installing any untrusted apps by Chinese developers. Instead using the (preinstalled) browser to find the necessary apk(s) to install google frameworks. Remember not to install any untrusted apps and from then on you should be fine.
not working
sheldonyang said:
Perform factory reset to get back to the "clean state". Disable the preinstalled AppStore (or freeze it) to prevent it from installing any untrusted apps by Chinese developers. Instead using the (preinstalled) browser to find the necessary apk(s) to install google frameworks. Remember not to install any untrusted apps and from then on you should be fine.
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I tried this but same issue, this time after i downloaded many of my apps and restart phone. Then play store wont open. . I did just as u described.
I use APKUpdater (github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater) in place of gplay. Pretty happy I don't have to install any of g's bloatware
thanks for the tip
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I use APKUpdater (github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater) in place of gplay. Pretty happy I don't have to install any of g's bloatware
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However I cannot install new apk without reset phone. Perhaps this is connected with Google play error ??
Thanks
John
sheldonyang said:
Specially thanks to awayu who sent me this modified E-ink launcher app which really works. Under the command of this launcher users can have good control of the apps on the front screen when using EPD. For instance I can even turn on mobile network under the reading mode (long press the power bottom to switch) so I can have access to any phone calls when reading. After installing this app I am pretty much happy about Yota 3 now.
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That E-ink launcher app makes mirror mode looks like yotaphone2? I have been thinking between Hisense a2 pro and yotaphone3 for several months.
sheldonyang said:
Specially thanks to awayu who sent me this modified E-ink launcher app which really works. Under the command of this launcher users can have good control of the apps on the front screen when using EPD. For instance I can even turn on mobile network under the reading mode (long press the power bottom to switch) so I can have access to any phone calls when reading. After installing this app I am pretty much happy about Yota 3 now.
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Can the launcher app be posted to this thread?
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I have a modified eink launcher at hand. But dont know how to upload.
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@awayu,
Thanks for your help.
To upload, try the paper-clip icon. I am attaching a picture.
Best regards,
Yotahub search on Yotaphone 3
Now I realize I am a bit fan of Yotaphone 2 and not of Yotaphone 3( after the recent purchase of it).
I like Yotaphone 3 e-ink display to be the same (visually) as Yotaphone 2. is it achievable? Want to put e-ink apps and widget as Yotaphone 2 does.
My question is, is there a way to achieve it? Any help. :fingers-crossed: